Grammar: Correcting Sentences

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Literature and Language
Examples of sentences showing both the incorrect and corrected versions of the following:
Misplaced modifier
Example 1
John nearly drove the car for six hours a day.
Correction
John drove the car for nearly six hours.
Example 2
The torn girl’s dress lay on the bed.
Correction
The girl’s torn dress lay on the bed.
Collective noun
Example 1
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